Consigning work to a gallery: what to put in writing
- Consigned work stays yours until a buyer pays, but only paper proves it.
- On a €4,000 work split half and half, the wording on discounts can move your share by €400.
- In France, you have three months to claim your works if a gallery goes into insolvency.
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How to price your art (2026): a step-by-step method
The four variables that determine an artwork's price, the formula working artists actually use, and how to apply it without underselling yourself.
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Consigning work to a gallery: what to put in writing
Consigned work stays the artist's, but only paper proves it. The clauses to write down, who pays for a discount, and what happens if a gallery closes.
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Photo Days and Paris Photo 2026: how to use photography month in Paris
Photo Days runs across about 70 Paris venues until 30 November, with Paris Photo from 12 to 15 November. What to see, and how to prepare to sell.
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Why I built Artelier Business
An artist manager in Paris on why artists, managers and galleries need one shared record of every work, price and sale, and what it changes for each.
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Nobody has a formula for pricing art, and AI does not either
Experts agree there is no objective formula for pricing art. What we learned while building our own price engine, and why AI price estimates let artists down.
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An exhibition is meant to sell, not to party
The opening night is not the goal. How artists, managers and galleries turn an exhibition into sales: the list before, the notes during, the follow-up after.
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Collectors buy from serious artists, and paperwork shows who you are
Collectors trust artists who run a professional practice. The documents to have ready at every contact: price list, one-sheet, numbered invoice, certificate.
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Your gallery is a partner, not a service
Galleries are small teams under cost pressure. How artists can work with their gallery as a partner, take admin off its desk and help it spend its time selling.
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PAN Amsterdam 2026: a vetted fair, and where the sales slip away
A field note from PAN Amsterdam 2026: why its strict vetting brings a strong crowd, what one stand sold, and how stands lose leads in notebooks.
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How to sell your art without a gallery
Direct collector relationships, how to invoice, what to say when galleries ask, and how to keep 100% of every sale.
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How to price a painting
Medium-specific multipliers for oil, acrylic, and mixed media, with typical price ranges by size and career stage.
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What is a Certificate of Authenticity, and how to make one
What a real COA contains, why it matters to buyers and resale value, and what makes one legally useful.
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How to price a photograph
How edition size, print method, and signed certificates change a photograph's price, and what buyers expect.
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How to price a sculpture
Three-dimensional work pricing: material costs, complexity multipliers, and how to handle editions in bronze or resin.
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How to price a print
Edition size, print method, paper, and signed-and-numbered convention: the standard math behind print pricing.
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What is Artelier Business?
The complete business platform for independent artists and small studios. Who it's for, what it does, and how it compares to other tools.
Open calls
Calls closing soon
Regular Artist Residency 2027-2028
Closes 8 November
Chicago Sculpture Exhibit 2027-28
Closes 20 November
33rd International Studio Program of the ACC Galerie Weimar and the City of Weimar: On Absence
Closes 22 November
From the art world
What happened this month
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- Paris Photo runs at the Grand Palais from 12 to 15 November. Its last edition had more than 220 exhibitors.Paris Photo · 6 November
- Art Basel Paris closed two days early, on Friday 23 October, citing protests in the city.Hyperallergic · 22 October
- Artprice: contemporary art sales at auction rose 6% in value from July 2025 to June 2026, after three years of decline.Artprice (press release) · 8 October
Artist highlight
Works by Michael Gah
Michael Gah, Let us dance, 2024
Michael Gah, Trio on the Move, 2022
Michael Gah, Perfectly Free, 2024